Flowers

Had some fun with flowers today :) I need to do this more often.  - Lisa

Update from one year later: 

I was offered the opportunity [to do some floral arrangements] recently and had to turn them down because I'm working too many hours. Hopefully I'll get back to it soon. Miss it. Maybe I'll make myself an Easter arrangement.  :)

Smile

 

Dem saw this in the theater and loved it, so I was eager to stream it. 

I agree with Dem - it was a very good, very entertaining horror flick. 

Nothing too gory, nothing too simplistic, just a Godilocks of the genre. 

Watch it!

It's Smiley's 18th!!

Happy Birthday my *adult* son! Xo Stół Lot!!!

Roller skating Memories

This is my niece and nephew 'round about 2001 or so, pre-YaYa or just after.

Lisa and I took them to a rec class at South Division to learn how to roller skate. Lisa did our niece's hair that morning.

Stalin Died 70 Years Ago Today

From the Eisenhower National Historic Site Facebook Page: 

Sometime around 10 p.m. on March 1, 1953, it was discovered that the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was extremely ill, possibly suffering from high blood pressure or a stroke. He was found lying on his back on the floor of his bedroom and could only make unintelligible responses when asked what was wrong. Communist Party members did not broadcast news of his illness to the public until March 4.

When President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower received this news he prepared a statement concerning Stalin’s illness. Since Stalin had changed from being our ally in World War II into our chief adversary in the Cold War, Ike’s comments might seem strange to us today. But it was in tune with what he was hoping would happen in the future if things changed in the U.S.S.R. as a result of new leadership there. Here is Ike’s statement issued on March 4, 1953…

“At this moment in history when multitudes of Russians are anxiously concerned because of the illness of the Soviet ruler the thoughts of America go out to all the peoples of the U.S.S.R. – the men and women, the boys and girls – in the villages, cities, farms and factories of their homeland.

They are the children of the same God who is the Father of all peoples everywhere. And like all peoples, Russia’s millions share our longing for a friendly and peaceful world.

Regardless of the identity of government personalities, the prayer of us Americans continues to be that the Almighty will watch over the people of that vast country and bring them, in His wisdom, opportunity to live their lives in a world where all men and women and children dwell in peace and comradeship.”

Stalin died the next day, March 5.

I know Exactly Who I Want to Be

 i know exactly what i want

and who i want to be /

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photos by SlapczynskiShoots

model & styling: @caprisunkait

studio rental: @studionorthmke

inspo: @marinadiamandis

makeup: @trixiecosmetics

The Cookie Tree

Today Grandma Jeanne and I made our long overdue Christmas project, the cookie tree. We went with a spring theme to offset the tardiness. - LuLu

A Middle School Pic and a Happy Birthday to my Sister

 Here's a pic from my middle school years ('86 -1988), obviously taken at a Pizza Hut. We very rarely ate out as a kid so I'm thinking this was a birthday, either mine or my sister Katie's. She's seated next to me in the picture. Wave back to me folks, don't be rude now. 

As today is said sisters birthday (Happy Birthday Katie!) and I had the pic available, it seemed as good a day as any to post it. 

BTW - That's my buddy Erv in blue, turned towards the camera, but his presence was ubiquitous, so it doesn't preclude it from being a celebration for Katie.